Contracts Manager

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". So we need to parse the posting. Let's extract sections: - About the role: The first paragraph(s) describing role: "What We Can Achieve Together The Contracts Manager serves as the contracts lead for the Northeast Division, providing leadership, oversight, and coordinated service delivery across the Division. The position also directly manages complex agreements and provides contract management, compliance, and stakeholder support for assigned Business Units and Division priorities. Working closely with Project Managers, Program Managers, Award Managers, Finance, Grants, Operations, Legal, and Division leadership, the Contracts Manager provides expertise on agreement structures, contracting strategies, compliance requirements, and organizational policies. The position promotes consistent practices, coordinates priorities and workloads, develops staff capabilities, and leads process improvements that strengthen compliance, service delivery, and operational effectiveness. The Contracts Manager administers and oversees contract management activities for the Northeast Division, ensuring agreements are developed, reviewed, executed, monitored, and closed in accordance with organizational policies, Delegation of Authority requirements, and risk management practices. The manager serves as an expert resource on contract administration, compliance requirements, and contracting best practices, providing guidance to staff and stakeholders on complex agreements and contractual matters. The role partners with Legal, Finance, Grants, Operations, and program staff to support effective contract management, resolve contract-related issues, strengthen organizational compliance, and advance continuous improvement efforts across the Division." That's about the role. - Responsibilities & Scope: The next block starting "Responsibilities & Scope". Contains bullet-like sentences each starting with a verb. We can treat as list items. - We’re Looking For You: This is more motivational, maybe part of About? Could be omitted? It's not a standard heading but could be part of About the role? It's more about culture. Might be considered part of About the role or maybe we can ignore as filler? It says "We’re Looking For You Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. We’re looking for someone with strong experience in leading a diverse, multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience in management of controls and reports of a business unit. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our team!" This is more about candidate expectations; could be part of "About the role" or "Qualifications"? Might be considered as part of "About the role" but we can keep as prose under About the role. - What You’ll Bring: This is qualifications/requirements. Contains bullet list of requirements: Bachelor's Degree ... etc. Also "Desired Qualifications" later. - Salary Information: Pay range. - Who We Are: mission statement etc. Could be considered About the organization, maybe not needed as section? Could be omitted as boilerplate? It's somewhat generic but still substantive about organization. Might be considered "About the organization" but not in allowed headings. Could be omitted as it's not required. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. The "Who We Are" is specific content about TNC mission. Could be considered as "About the organization" but not in allowed headings. Since allowed headings are limited to those list, we might not create a heading for it. Could incorporate into About the role? Probably better to omit as it's not required headings. However we must preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot drop substantive info. If we omit that paragraph, we lose info. But we could embed it under a generic

  without heading? The instruction says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use

  for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect only those headings. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we could put the "Who We Are" content under a

  without a heading, maybe after other sections. That's acceptable: we are not creating a heading for it. So we can just include a

  with that text. - What We Bring: benefits description. This is Benefits section. - Then there is more about recruiting process, EEO, etc. Those are boilerplate to remove. Thus we need sections: About the role (maybe combine initial paragraphs and "We’re Looking For You"?), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe "What You’ll Bring"), Qualifications (maybe "Desired Qualifications"), Skills (maybe not separate; could be part of Requirements/Qualifications), Benefits, Pay. We need to avoid duplicate or thin sections. Let's decide: - About the role: include the initial description plus "We’re Looking For You" paragraph (makes sense as role overview). Could also include "Who We Are" as separate paragraph after About the role? Might be okay. - Responsibilities: list from "Responsibilities & Scope". Each sentence as

  . - Requirements: the bullet list under "What You’ll Bring" (the required qualifications). Could be considered Requirements. - Qualifications: the "Desired Qualifications" list. - Skills: maybe not needed separately; we could combine skills into Requirements/Qualifications. But we have a heading Skills allowed; we could extract skills from those lists? Might be thin. Better to omit Skills section if no specific skills list separate. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can skip Skills. - Benefits: from "What We Bring" paragraph describing benefits. - Pay: from "Salary Information". - Schedule: not present; omit. Now we need to format lists. Let's extract exact text for each. About the role: combine: "What We Can Achieve Together The Contracts Manager serves as the contracts lead for the Northeast Division, providing leadership, oversight, and coordinated service delivery across the Division. The position also directly manages complex agreements and provides contract management, compliance, and stakeholder support for assigned Business Units and Division priorities. Working closely with Project Managers, Program Managers, Award Managers, Finance, Grants, Operations, Legal, and Division leadership, the Contracts Manager provides expertise on agreement structures, contracting strategies, compliance requirements, and organizational policies. The position promotes consistent practices, coordinates priorities and workloads, develops staff capabilities, and leads process improvements that strengthen compliance, service delivery, and operational effectiveness. The Contracts Manager administers and oversees contract management activities for the Northeast Division, ensuring agreements are developed, reviewed, executed, monitored, and closed in accordance with organizational policies, Delegation of Authority requirements, and risk management practices. The manager serves as an expert resource on contract administration, compliance requirements, and contracting best practices, providing guidance to staff and stakeholders on complex agreements and contractual matters. The role partners with Legal, Finance, Grants, Operations, and program staff to support effective contract management, resolve contract-related issues, strengthen organizational compliance, and advance continuous improvement efforts across the Division." Then "We’re Looking For You Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. We’re looking for someone with strong experience in leading a diverse, multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience in management of controls and reports of a business unit. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our team!" We could combine into one paragraph. Responsibilities & Scope: list each sentence after that heading. Let's copy them: - Leads contract management services across the Northeast Division, establishing priorities, coordinating workloads, monitoring service delivery, and promoting timely, consistent, and compliant support across Business Units and Division priorities. - Maintains oversight of the Division's contract portfolio and contract service delivery, identifying emerging workload, compliance, and risk issues and recommending appropriate resource or service-delivery adjustments. - Serves as the divisional subject matter expert and escalation point for complex contracting matters, providing guidance on agreement structures, compliance requirements, risk considerations, organizational policies, and contracting best practices. - Evaluates contractual, financial, compliance, operational, and reputational risks; recommends mitigation strategies; and escalates significant or unresolved matters to the appropriate organizational leaders and subject matter experts. - Partners with Legal, Finance, Grants, Operations, program staff, and other stakeholders to resolve contract-related issues, mitigate risk, and support organizational objectives. - Supervises, coaches, and develops contracts staff and provides functional guidance to others with contracting responsibilities, building capacity and fostering collaboration, accountability, customer service, and continuous improvement. - Leads the development and implementation of processes, tools, training, service standards, and resources that improve compliance, operational effectiveness, and the stakeholder experience. - Exercises significant independent judgment in resolving complex contract issues, prioritizing competing demands, allocating resources, and recommending solutions that balance organizational objectives with legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk. We need to ensure each as

  . What You’ll Bring (Requirements): List: - Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 4 years' related experience or equivalent combination. - Experience with government regulations related to grants and contracts. - TNC Certified Contract Specialist (CCS) certification or ability to obtain certification within established timeframes. - Experience managing contracts, agreements, procurement activities, grants, or related business operations. - Experience coordinating multiple agreements and managing competing priorities simultaneously. - Experience interpreting and applying organizational policies, procedures, compliance requirements, and approval processes. - Experience using contract management systems, document management systems, financial systems, or related technology platforms. - Experience supervising, coaching, and developing staff. Desired Qualifications (Qualifications): List: - Experience managing complex contracts, subawards, procurement agreements, professional services agreements, or other organizational agreements. - Experience supporting contracts funded by government, foundation, corporate, or other institutional sources. - Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, procurement practices, internal controls, compliance monitoring, and risk management. - Experience supervising and developing staff or leading a contracts, procurement, grants, or related service-delivery function. - Experience designing or improving contracting processes, tools, templates, training, and service standards. - Experience working collaboratively with Legal, Finance, Grants, Operations, and program teams in a complex or decentralized organization. - Strong analytical, judgment, problem-solving, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex requirements clearly to varied audiences. - Experience using contract lifecycle management, financial, procurement, or document-management systems. - Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated. Benefits (What We Bring): Paragraph: "TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here. We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports of the health and well-being of the people we employ." Note: there is a typo "supports of the health". We'll keep as is. Pay (Salary Information): Paragraph: "The starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $77,860 - $103,785. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. Where a successful candidate’s